User:AshleyPash/Modern Scots

Language Endangerment
The Scots language has had a long history of being devalued and marginalized in the Scottish education system.

Due to the Anglicisation of Scotland and the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872, the education system required that every child learn English. This caused Scots to become forgotten about in main education and considered slang. As of 2022, it is deemed a vulnerable language.

Language Revitalization
In 2012, the Scottish Government released a policy approach that highlights their aim to provide opportunities for children to learn languages other than their mother tongues. And in 2014, there was a dictionary app developed to help aid students in their learning of the Scots language.

The Curriculum for Excellence is the national curriculum for schools in Scotland, for students from aged 3-18. It was implemented in Scotland in 2010 and the initiative aimed to provide support for the incorporation of the Scots language learning in classrooms in Scotland.

There is still hesitancy in acknowledging Scots as a 'proper' language in Scotland, and many believe that it should not be taught in schools. Fortunately, individuals are starting to understand the cultural impact that learning Scots has on young people, and want to encourage the use of the language in everyday conversations and help re-appropriate it as a Traditional language.

Along with the introduction of Scots learning in Scottish classrooms, publishing companies worked hard to translate popular books into Scots. The publishing company Itchy Coo, has done a ton of work translating popular books such as Harry Potter, and The Gruffalo into Scots, and by doing this they have made Scots more accessible to children, teachers, and families.